ABSTRACT

During an open day at the US consulate service in Yaoundé, the consul explained to the journalists present that ‘applying for a visa is a straightforward and transparent process’. He further stated that ‘answering application and interview questions completely and candidly [would] allow [them] to give [applicants] the maximum benefit under the law, and help [them to] process [their] case quickly’. The press conference was an ‘opportunity’, as the consul put it, to ‘explain the law’.